President Barack Obama’s motorcade arrives at movie producer
Harvey Weinstein’s beachfront property in Westport, Conn., for a
campaign event on Aug. 6, 2012. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)
First Selectman Gordon Joseloff says the Democratic National Committee notified the town it will not pay police and fire overtime costs totaling $14,812.
The New Register reports that an executive of the Democratic National Committee wrote that as a private organization it did not participate in security, traffic control, fire or emergency planning. She referred questions to the Secret Service.
“I didn’t expect that we would get repayment, but it was worthwhile to ask,” Joseloff told the Register.